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A research report from Birmingham University challenges the assumption, widely held in government and industry, that there are too few science and engineering graduates. The research shows that only 46% of 2009 UK engineer... More

A private university wants to challenge the higher education status quo by charging some of the lowest tuition fees in the UK. Carl Lygo, Chief Executive of BPP University College, says BPP will be charging £500... More

Edinburgh University is set to become the most expensive place to study in the UK for students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The university has announced it will charge £9,000 a year in tuition fees ... More

The annual QS World University Rankings ranks Cambridge University as the top university in the world for the second year running. And out of the top twenty world universities, Oxford comes fifth, Imperial College London s... More

Reasearch by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) casts doubt on claims that paying higher tuition fees will lead to higher lifetime earnings than those of non-graduiates. Over the last 20 years the earnings premium ga... More

ALRA North is holding auditions for the Foundation Acting course. This one-year, part-time course begins in September and suits those preparing for full-time actor training or those considering a career change. The next Au... More

Graduates are unlikely ever fully to repay their tuition fees loans, regardless of the cost of their courses. So there is probably little difference to the amount they pay back, whether they opt for courses charging tuitio... More

Numbers of UK and EU undergraduates are expected to drop in 2012. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) says that more than half of English universities expect to be teaching fewer UK and EU undergraduat... More

Universities are likely to offer financial incentives to top students, according to Sir Steve Smith, the ï... More